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Dec 18, 2022 8 tweets 6 min read Read on X
When it comes to #drifting control is everything. And when it comes to control, the tyres are everything ImageImage
For setting India’s longest #drift record @VredesteinIndia hooked us up with 3 sets of ultra-high-performance Ultrac Vorti tyres. For an automotive journalist this is mana from heaven — “Here’s 15 #Vredestein tyres for you, Sirish. Go nuts with them” 😎 Image
The Ultrac Vorti tyres are designed in Europe, styled by Giuguario no less & are now #MadeInIndia tuned for our conditions (not that it matters for #drifting but it immediately made a big difference to ride comfort) ImageImage
#Vredestein also provided us access to its permanent facility at the NATRAX — a full-blown R&D centre with some of the top engineers and testers in the business. ImageImage
On slippery surfaces tyres also delivered grip we needed (without grip we will just slide out of the circle & into the ditch, plus we need grip so the car can put down power and rotate the back end) allowing me to know precisely how much throttle to use to keep the slide going ImageImage
And we did the entire record on one set of tyres. Through the enormous stresses drifting puts on tyres they lasted for the full 10 minutes and 23 seconds. I gave up before the tyres did! Image
We’ve just gone live with the extended cut of the drift record 👇


here we detail the practice runs, the fails & frustrations, how we eventually pieces it together, everything in fact that you guys asked us after the (shorter) first video
Still can’t believe I had 3 sets of tyres and two days to drift the life out of them all. Somebody pinch me ImageImage

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🚨 There will be no MotoGP round in India in 2024. Indian GP “pushed to” March 2025. Insiders cite weather and forecasted above normal monsoons for pushing #MotoGPIndia to March 2025.
 
Categorically state, “Money was never the issue.”

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To be clear, the inaugural MotoGP in India last September had terrific heat, humidity and rains which not only affected the riders but the marshals too had a terrible time. No question, March is great weather for a MotoGP race at the BIC.
Obvious question – why not hold the scheduled race in Sept 2024 and next year’s race in March?
With only a 4-5 month gap between the two races organisers were worried that ticket sales would fall, as would sponsor interest
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Maruti Suzuki responds to G-NCAP crash tests

“NCAP assumes all regulators world over really don’t know their business”, says Maruti Suzuki chairman R C Bhargava. Responding to questions about the recent G-NCAP crash test results at the annual media meet he said:
“Nobody looks at why do accidents happen in India. When you really think of it should safety not be related to preventing accidents?”

“There are two major areas we [India] are way behind others”
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Plenty of comments on my recent post on #hybrid, especially from #EV enthusiasts — here’s some facts & figures:

1. The automotive value chain - 50% of revenue & 60% of employment goes into the IC engine + transmission so.... what happens to all the jobs if we move to EV?
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The current infrastructure for IC vs EV isn’t so relevant, cause infra can be scaled up very quickly.
What you should look at is where is 🇮🇳 on the raw materials required for EVs, localisation of electric vehicle components & the sort.
Batteries, btw, are 50% of EV cost
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Where does India’s electricity come from? Coal!
But we have ambitious targets for renewable energy by 2031
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